11-letter words containing c, i, n
- acquaintant — (rare) An acquaintance.
- acquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- acquiescing — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquiesence — A state or instance of acquiescing or passively accepting something, without necessarily consenting to it.
- acquirement — an acquiring or being acquired
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- acquittance — a release from or settlement of a debt, etc
- acriflavine — a brownish or orange-red powder used in medicine as an antiseptic and disinfectant. Formula: C14H14N3Cl
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- acrocentric — (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
- acrocinesia — (pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs.
- acrocorinth — the citadel of ancient Corinth: strategic in the control of the Isthmus of Corinth; extensive ruins.
- acrodynamic — Lb linguistics acrokinetic.
- acrokinesia — (pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia.
- acronymania — a great enthusiasm for creating acronyms
- act curtain — Theater. a curtain for closing the proscenium opening between acts or scenes.
- act warning — notification from the manager advising the performers of the amount of time left before they must appear onstage.
- acting area — the part of a stage used by the actors: Confine the acting area for this scene to downstage.
- actinic ray — a ray of light of short wavelengths, as ultraviolet or violet, that produces photochemical effects.
- actinically — In an actinic manner.
- actinodrome — (of a leaf) palmately veined.
- actinograph — a recording actinometer
- actinometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiation, esp of the sun's rays
- actinometry — The measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.
- actinomyces — a genus of bacteria that causes disease in humans and improves soil ecology
- actinomycin — any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, used in treating some cancers; the most commonly used is dactinomycin (actinomycin D)
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- action film — a film with a fast-moving plot, usually containing scenes of violence
- action hero — the hero in an action film
- action line — a telephone line maintained by a newspaper, television station, or other medium to provide the public a ready means of expressing complaints or obtaining information about matters of vital interest.
- action plan — a statement of the steps that need to be taken to achieve a particular goal or objective
- action shot — a still photograph that shows someone or something in motion
- action verb — a verb, as run, think, or soothe, that expresses something that a person, animal, object, or process in nature can do, as in Close the door! or The storm is flooding many houses along the coast, rather than expressing a state of being. Compare copula (def 2), stative.
- activations — Plural form of activation.
- actualising — Present participle of actualise.
- actualizing — Present participle of actualize.
- acuminating — Present participle of acuminate.
- acumination — A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
- ad campaign — An ad campaign is a planned series of advertisements.
- adaptogenic — acting to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- addictingly — In an addicting manner.
- adiponectin — (biochemistry) A protein hormone that modulates glucose regulation and fatty acid catabolism.
- adminicular — giving help; auxiliary, corroborative
- adscription — ascription
- advice line — An advice line is a service that you can telephone in order to get advice about something.
- advice note — a document sent by a supplier to a customer to inform him that goods he ordered have been dispatched. It usually gives details such as the quantity of goods and how they have been sent
- aeneolithic — Chalcolithic.
- aerodonetic — Relating to aerodonetics.
- aerodynamic — If something such as a car has an aerodynamic shape or design, it goes faster and uses less fuel than other cars because the air passes over it more easily.